What is CVE-2019-5786?

CVE-2019-5786 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome. Published 2019-06-27.

Is CVE-2019-5786 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-5786 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-23), indicating it is being actively exploited. 35 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5786

Object lifetime issue in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

EPSS: 0.899 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-05-23. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-13.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

crbug.com/936448 (x_refsource_MISC)
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5786?: CVE-2019-5786 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome. Published 2019-06-27.
Is CVE-2019-5786 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2019-5786 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-23), indicating it is being actively exploited. 35 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.